Wah Seong Corporation Berhad Annual Report 2017

FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY SENIOR MANAGEMENT WAH SEONG CORPORATION BERHAD ANNUAL REPORT 2017 24 PROFILE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dato’ Seri Robert Tan has vast experience in property development, hotel construction, retail design and development as well as corporate management with more than 30 years’ experience in the property and hotel industries. After studying Business Administration in the United Kingdom, he was attached to a firm of Chartered Surveyor for a year. He had also developed a housing project in Central London before returning to Malaysia. His stint in the property industry began with IGB Corporation Berhad (“IGB Corp”) in 1995 when he was appointed Joint Managing Director and subsequently Group Managing Director in 2001. Dato’ Seri Robert Tan was involved in various development projects carried out by IGB Group, in particular Mid Valley City. From inception to the realisation of Mid Valley Megamall (“MVM”) and The Gardens Mall (“TGM”), he was actively involved in every stage of their developments. He is instrumental to the development and success of MVM and TGM, and more importantly, in retaining their positions as prime shopping hotspots in the Klang Valley. Following the de-listing of IGB Corp from the Official List of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad, Dato’ Seri Robert Tan was appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer of IGB Berhad on 30 March 2018 and retains his position as Group Managing Director of IGB Corp, Managing Director of IGB Reit Management Sdn. Bhd. (the Manager of IGB Real Estate Investment Trust), a Director of Tan & Tan Developments Berhad (a property division of IGB Corp), and a Trustee of Yayasan Tan Kim Yeow. He also sits on the Board of several private limited companies. Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman Date of appointment: 22 May 2002 65 years of age Malaysian Male DATO’ SERI ROBERT TAN CHUNG MENG Deputy Managing Director Date of appointment: 1 January 2007 GIANCARLO MACCAGNO Managing Director/ Group Chief Executive Officer Date of appointment: 22 May 2002 67 years of age Malaysian Male CHAN CHEU LEONG Mr Chan is responsible for the overall business and management operations of the WSC Group. Mr Chan attained a Bachelor of Science (Hon) Degree in Engineering Production in 1974 from the University of Birmingham under a Colombo Plan Award and began his career by joining the Singapore Administrative Service. He left the Ministry of Finance, Singapore in 1976 to pursue his Master in Business Administration from the London Business School. Upon successful completion of the same, he joined ESSO Production Malaysia Incorporated as their Senior Financial Analyst before joining Tractors Malaysia Berhad as their Group Treasurer in 1981. Thereafter, he left to become the Group Executive Director for General Corporation Berhad from 1984 to 1990 before assuming the position of Managing Director of Tan & Tan Developments Berhad from 1990 to 1995. In 1994, he established Wah Seong Industrial Holdings Sdn. Bhd. and subsequently formed WSC, which was listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 9 July 2002. He has extensive experience in the property, manufacturing and financial fields. Mr Chan is a Trustee of Yayasan Wah Seong and a member of Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia. He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies. Mr Maccagno was first appointed as an Executive Director of WSC on 1 June 2004 and subsequently promoted to be the Deputy Managing Director on 1 January 2007. Mr Maccagno is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Wasco Energy Group of Companies. He is responsible for the overall business and management operations of the Wasco Group. Mr Maccagno attained his Bachelor in Business Administration from Tecnico Commerciale Maddalena Adria (RO) Italy in 1982, after which he worked with Socotherm S.R.L, Italy from 1984 to 1987 as a Trainee in Production and Project Management. He was appointed as Project Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in Nigeria from 1987 to 1990 and was briefly seconded to Petro- Pipe Industries (M) Sdn. Bhd. (“PPI”) in 1990 to assist in the setting up of PPI’s coating plant in Kuantan, Malaysia. After serving as Country Manager for Socotherm S.R.L in Taiwan from 1991 to 1992, he returned to Malaysia in 1993 to be the General Manager of Wasco Coatings Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. in Kuantan, Malaysia. He has vast experience in the global pipe coating business and the Oil and Gas business in general. Mr Maccagno is a Director of Petra Energy Berhad. He also sits on the Board of several other private limited companies. 54 years of age Italian Male